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libnvpair 3LIB "1 Aug 2008" "SunOS 5.11" "Interface Libraries"
NAME
libnvpair - name-value pair library
SYNOPSIS

cc [ flag... ] file... -lnvpair [ library... ]
#include <libnvpair.h>
DESCRIPTION

The libnvpair library exports a set of functions for managing name-value pairs.

The library defines four opaque handles:

nvpair_t

handle to a name-value pair

nvlist_t

handle to a list of name-value pairs

nv_alloc_t

handle to a pluggable allocator

nv_alloc_ops_t

handle to pluggable allocator operations

The library supports the following operations:

Allocate and free an nvlist_t.

Specify the allocater to be used when manipulating an nvlist_t.

Add and remove an nvpair_t from a list.

Search nvlist_t for a specified name pair.

Pack an nvlist_t into a contiguous buffer.

Expand a packed nvlist into a searchable nvlist_t.

INTERFACES

The shared object libnvpair.so.1 provides the public interfaces defined below. See Intro(3) for additional information on shared object interfaces.

nvlist_add_booleannvlist_add_boolean_value
nvlist_add_boolean_arraynvlist_add_byte
nvlist_add_byte_arraynvlist_add_double
nvlist_add_int8nvlist_add_int8_array
nvlist_add_int16nvlist_add_int16_array
nvlist_add_int32nvlist_add_int32_array
nvlist_add_int64nvlist_add_int64_array
nvlist_add_nvlistnvlist_add_nvlist_array
nvlist_add_nvpairnvlist_add_string
nvlist_add_string_arraynvlist_add_uint8
nvlist_add_uint8_arraynvlist_add_uint16
nvlist_add_uint16_arraynvlist_add_uint32
nvlist_add_uint32_arraynvlist_add_uint64
nvlist_add_uint64_arraynvlist_alloc
nvlist_dupnvlist_exists
nvlist_freenvlist_lookup_boolean
nvlist_lookup_boolean_valuenvlist_lookup_boolean_array
nvlist_lookup_bytenvlist_lookup_byte_array
nvlist_lookup_doublenvlist_lookup_int8
nvlist_lookup_int8_arraynvlist_lookup_int16
nvlist_lookup_int16_arraynvlist_lookup_int32
nvlist_lookup_int32_arraynvlist_lookup_int64
nvlist_lookup_int64_arraynvlist_lookup_nvlist
nvlist_lookup_nvlist_arraynvlist_lookup_nv_alloc
nvlist_lookup_nvpairnvlist_lookup_pairs
nvlist_lookup_stringnvlist_lookup_string_array
nvlist_lookup_uint8nvlist_lookup_uint8_array
nvlist_lookup_uint16nvlist_lookup_uint16_array
nvlist_lookup_uint32nvlist_lookup_uint32_array
nvlist_lookup_uint64nvlist_lookup_uint64_array
nvlist_mergenvlist_next_nvpair
nvlist_packnvlist_remove
nvlist_remove_allnvlist_size
nvlist_unpacknvlist_xalloc
nvlist_xdupnvlist_xpack
nvlist_xunpacknvpair_name
nvpair_typenvpair_value_boolean_array
nvpair_value_boolean_valuenvpair_value_byte
nvpair_value_byte_arraynvpair_value_double
nvpair_value_int8nvpair_value_int8_array
nvpair_value_int16nvpair_value_int16_array
nvpair_value_int32nvpair_value_int32_array
nvpair_value_int64nvpair_value_int64_array
nvpair_value_nvlistnvpair_value_nvlist_array
nvpair_value_stringnvpair_value_string_array
nvpair_value_uint8nvpair_value_uint8_array
nvpair_value_uint16nvpair_value_uint16_array
nvpair_value_uint32nvpair_value_uint32_array
nvpair_value_uint64nvpair_value_uint64_array
nv_alloc_initnv_alloc_fini
nv_alloc_reset
FILES

/lib/libnvpair.so.1

shared object

/lib/64/libnvpair.so.1

64-bit shared object

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for description of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface StabilityCommitted
MT-LevelMT-Safe
SEE ALSO

Intro(3), attributes(5)